The “Standard Chartered Hong Kong SME Leading Business Index” (Standard Chartered SME Index) for the fourth quarter of 2016 has increased 1.4, reaching 42.5. Releasing the findings on 10 November 2016, the business confidence of local SMEs is gradually picking up as the Index continues the growth momentum in last quarter, rebounding ...

In the era when businesses still relied on paper and customer relationships were managed with smiles and handshakes, success was often based on an entrepreneur’s personal knowledge of the lay of the land. Over time, more sophisticated transportation and modern communication enabled businesses to expand in scope and terrain. As the nature of ...

Government-backing and a number of related incentives have seen mainland manufacturers actively developing an increasingly efficient range of household appliances with a view to taking a global lead in this highly competitive sector.
With energy-efficient household appliances now designated as a priority development sector by the mainland ...

This is the last article we discuss about how the wine drinkers in various countries behave differently toward wine drinking.
United States
In United States, the survey reviewed that based on the wine drinkers consumption levels was segmented into 4 major groups (remark 1):
1) Core drinkers
2) Marginal drinkers
3) Non-adopters and
4) Non-drinkers ...

Would you base your opinion of the United States entirely on knowledge of New York City and Los Angeles? Most would agree that viewing the US through the lens of these two cities will result in a limited understanding at best.
Don’t kid yourself.
And yet, this is exactly how many in the West end up looking at China. Media coverage of China is heavily ...

Trying to resolve the complaints from general public after making the 2011-12 Budget, the Financial Secretary announced to grant all holders of Hong Kong permanent identity cards aged 18 or above a sum of HK$6,000, planned to spend a total of HK$36 billion. People going to receive the “extra pocket money” are all very excited while many ...